Seventeen thousand fans wore purple and white and chanted Sac-RAH-MEN-to during the Sacramento Kings final game of the season last night –hoping their voices could be heard 3,000 miles away.

Some wore jerseys. Some accessorized with purple
hats and beads. One fan wore a giant velvet crown and purple
robe to Sleep Train Arena. None of them will speak before the
NBA Board of Governors meetings in New York City. But, what
if they could? This is what some of them would
say.

Carrie Migrow, "I would probably say or vote for an
expansion team for Seattle and leave the Kings here." "We
have a great fan base that we're ready and willing to build an
arena. We've always been loyal to the Kings. I mean,
you can't ask for a better fan base."

Phil Oates, "I would tell them that no NBA team's fans are
more passionate than we are and passion has to figure in your
decision."

Lynn Macintosh, "I'm the first generation. I have
three generations of Kings fan in my family. And so that's
one of the reasons I want them to stay here, because I've been a
die-hard Kings fan and I want that to be there for my son and his
children and other children past that. I'm not sure what I
could tell the Board of Governors that would convince them to leave
the Kings here, other than that I just don't think you can correct
Seattle's problem by destroying another city's fans. And I think
Sacramento has done absolutely everything asked of it."

The Kings lost 112-108 to the Los Angeles Clippers, but
about 5,000 fans stayed long after the final buzzer. They
chanted the name of the city, the city's mayor, the team's
broadcasters, and roared as the team's players came out to
throw t-shirts into the stands.

The NBA will let them know if they were heard when the
owners vote -possibly by the end of the first week in
May.